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The kind worth killing : a novel

Peter Swanson · William Morrow
Pages: 311
Format: Hardcover

A devious tale of psychological suspense so irresistible that it prompts Entertainment Weekly to ask, "Is The Kind Worth Killing the next Gone Girl?" From one of the hottest new thriller writers, Peter Swanson, a name you may not know yet (but soon will) , this is his breakout...
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The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast

Mark Hyman · Little Brown & Co.
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover

Dr. Hyman's revolutionary weight-loss program, based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution, supercharged for immediate results!The key to losing weight and keeping it off is maintaining low insulin levels. Based on Dr. Hyman's groundbreaking Blood Sugar Solution program,...
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Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

Brett L. Markham · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

Start a mini farm on a quarter acre or less, provide 85 percent of the food for a family of four and earn an income. Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and...
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull · Random House
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover

From a co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios - the Academy Award-winning studio behind Coco, Inside Out, and Toy Story - comes an incisive book about creativity in business and leadership for readers of Daniel Pink, Tom Peters, and Chip and Dan Heath. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...
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I Heart My Little A-Holes: A bunch of holy-crap moments no one ever told you about parenting

Karen Alpert · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Following the success of Go the F**k to Sleep, Confessions of a Scary Mommy, and Ketchup Is a Vegetable, a collection of funny, warm, and charmingly profane tales from the frontlines of parenthood by the author of the popular Baby Sideburns blog. Once upon a time you and your partner had a perfect...
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ORDINARY BEAST

NICOLE SEALEY · Ecco Press
Pages: 80

A striking, full-length debut collection from Virgin Islands--born poet Nicole SealeyThe existential magnitude, deep intellect, and playful subversion of St. Thomas--born, Florida-raised poet Nicole Sealey's work is restless in its empathic, succinct examination and lucid awareness...
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Learning to Walk in the Dark

Barbara Brown Taylor · HarperOne; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Offers advice for finding spirituality in times of darkness, questioning the traditional association of darkness with evil and danger, and suggesting that being in the dark may lead to greater spiritual growth.
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You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin

Rachel Corbett · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary story of one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters.Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet is one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. It has sold millions of copies and inspired generations with its galvanizing wisdom on how to lead...
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Bay of Sighs: Book Two of the Guardians Trilogy

Nora Roberts · Berkley Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe new Guardians Trilogy novel from the bestselling author of Stars of Fortune. To celebrate the rise of their new queen, three goddesses of the moon created three stars, one of fire, one of ice, one of water. But then they fell from the sky, putting the fate...
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The Weekenders

Mary Kay Andrews · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 451
Format: Print book

"Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Some people come only for the weekends-and it's something they look forward to all week long. When Riley Griggs is waiting for her husband to arrive at the ferry one Friday afternoon, she is instead...
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The Summer Before the War: A Novel

Helen Simonson · Random House Large Print
Pages: 479
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community." - The Washington PostThe bestselling...
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Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition

Steven Foster · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Third Edition edition
Format: Book

Peterson The best-selling field guides of all time Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience...
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The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution

Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Pages: 542
Format: Print book

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a "riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving" (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the Internet.What...
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Barkskins: A Novel

Annie Proulx · Scribner
Pages: 717
Format: Print book

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Best Novel A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Best Book of the Year From Annie Proulx - the Pulitzer Prize-­ and National Book Award-­winning author of The Shipping News and "Brokeback Mountain,"...
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The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It

Kelly McGonigal · Avery; Second edition
Format: Hardcover

The author of The Willpower Instinct delivers a controversial and groundbreaking new book that overturns long-held beliefs about stress. More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist...
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